Reduction in ST-Segment Elevation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activations in the United States During COVID-19 Pandemic

S. Garcia, Mazen S. Albaghdadi, P. Meraj, C. Schmidt, R. Garberich, F. Jaffer, S. Dixon, J. Rade, M. Tannenbaum, Jenny Chambers, Paul P. Huang, T. Henry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the U.S. health care system. To preserve resources, including personal protective equipment and hospital beds to care for COVID-19 patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended deferral of elective cardiac procedures ([1][1]),

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Field of study: Medicine

10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.011